{"id":8833,"date":"2015-02-05T10:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:51","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-adhd-symptoms-its-only-fun-if-its-happening-to-a-puppy-and-not-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-adhd-symptoms-its-only-fun-if-its-happening-to-a-puppy-and-not-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and ADHD Symptoms: It’s only fun if it’s happening to a puppy and not you!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My brain feels like there is a puppy inside chasing butterflies instead of letting me work!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s common for people with bipolar disorder to have ADD symptoms as well.<\/p>\n

If the person with bipolar disorder has ADD or ADHD symptoms when manic or depressed, it’s a symptom of bipolar disorder.\u00a0If the symptoms are separate from a manic or depressed episode, the ADD or ADHD symptoms are a separate diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I wish I could take Ritalin regularly. It helps SO MUCH, but it also causes mania. People with bipolar disorder simply can’t take ADD medications unless they are also on a strong mood stabilizer. This means a natural management plan for the symptoms needs to be in place \u00a0I write about my plan in Get it Done When You’re Depressed. I \u00a0used my strategies this morning and finally got out of the house and was able to sit down and work. \u00a0Puppies chasing butterflies are cute- unless they keep you from getting on with your life.<\/span><\/p>\n

These attention problems significantly affect my ability to work. \u00a0I have a separate ADD problem \u00a0that has to be treated separately from the bipolar disorder! Do you have ADD symptoms?<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"puppy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My brain feels like there is a puppy inside chasing butterflies instead of letting me work! <\/p>\n

It’s common for people with bipolar disorder to have ADD symptoms as well.<\/p>\n

If the person with bipolar disorder has ADD or ADHD symptoms when manic or depressed, it’s a symptom of bipolar disorder. If the symptoms are separate from a manic or depressed episode, the ADD or ADHD symptoms are a separate diagnosis. <\/p>\n

I wish I could take Ritalin regularly. It helps SO MUCH, but it also causes mania. People with bipolar disorder simply can’t take ADD medications unless they are also on a strong mood stabilizer. This means a natural management plan for the symptoms needs to be in place I write about my plan in Get it Done When You’re Depressed. I [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11224,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions\/11224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}